FORMER defence minister George Mpombo says there’s need for an acting Auditor General to be appointed to replace Dr Dick Sichembe so that the corruption fight within government is not thrown off a tangent. And UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says most PF members are finding the arrest of the Auditor General strange because of the lawlessness that characterised their leadership. Last week, the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested and charged Dr Sichembe for corrupt practices involving over K1 million. In an interview, Sunday, Mpombo described the arrest as a sensitive operation and hoped that the commission had probed the matter thoroughly. “The ACC ‘blitzkrieg’ against the Auditor General Sichembe could be a double-edged sword against the fight against corruption depending on the...

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